The volume began to climb on its own. Silas ripped the headphones off his head and tossed them onto the desk. Even resting on the wood, they were screaming with feedback.
But it didn't turn the crash into a cool synth effect. The entire tone of the music shifted instantly. The beautiful, harmonious chords dissolved into a jagged, dissonant wall of sound. The physical pulse in his headphones became a violent, irregular thudding.
"Edgy," Silas muttered, dismissing it as some script kiddie's idea of a joke or a creepypasta attempt. He double-clicked the executable.
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